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3:58 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

Heart valve replacement procedure increasingly used for high-risk patients

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The SAPIEN heart valve

More Michigan hospitals are using a new device to treat a heart condition without  invasive surgery. 

About 1.5 million Americans suffer from aortic stenosis. That's when a valve in the main artery carrying blood out of the heart doesn't fully open.

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3:21 pm
Wed January 2, 2013

Stateside: Keeping our New Year's resolutions

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University of Michigan psychologist Michelle Segar talks about what it takes to keep a New Year's resolution.

New Year’s resolutions.

We may groan about them, we may proclaim that we are “above” making them, but it does seem that the New Year brings about a collective longing for a fresh start.

So, how do you keep going strong as the year goes on? And is it possible to turn a good intention into a lifelong, good habit?

University of Michigan psychologist Michelle Segar says the key to success is the ability to see something like exercise as a way to enhance our lives immediately, instead of the means to achieve a long-term goal.

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